Decalcomania paper and transfer



ug. 11, 1936. F w. HUMPHNER 2,050,795

DECALCOMANIA PAPER AND TRANSFER Filed May 4, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 1 3 gNJ Lacuer Aug. 11, 1936.

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Patented ug. l1, 1936 2,050,795 DECALCOMANIA PAPER AND TRANSFERFerdinand W. Humphner, Oak Park, to Mid-States Gummed Paper Ill.,assigner Co., Chicago,

Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application May 4, 1935, Serial No.19,875

8 Claims.

This invention relates to decalcomania paper and transfers and moreparticularly to a decalcomania product having a continuous film bodyadapted to be broken up into segments upon the moistening of the paperbase.

An object of the invention is to provide a decalcomania paper ortransfer which is so constructed as to permit ready separation of a mainor continuous body into individual transfers when the paper .base ismoistened. A further object is to provide a decalcomania transfer havinga lacquer body thereon, means being provided for breaking up the lacquerbody into separate preformed segments when the lacquer body is freedfrom the base. A further object is to provide a lacquer body which maybe equipped with prints or designs, said lacquer body being providedwith weakened lines along which the body breaks when the lacquer isfreed from the paper base. Other specific' objects and advantages willappear as the specification proceeds.

'Ihe invention is illustrated, in preferred ernbodlments, by theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a broken plan View of adecalcomania product embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a broken sectionalview, the section being taken as indicated in line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3,a broken sectional'view illustrating a modified form of the invention;Fig. 4, a perspective-view of a tablet or book containing a decalcomaniaproduct illustrating another form of my invention; Fig. 5, a brokensectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig.4; and Fig. 6, a plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to employa large paper sheet of suitable composition which may, if desired, becoated with a starch layer. Upon the paper or starch may be placed asuitable gum or. watersoluble adhesive. The gum is preferably fracturedto prevent non-curling. Upon the gum layer is placed a body or layer oflacquer which extends completely-over the strip to provide a surfaceupon which prints may be placed.

I have found that the continuous lacquer body, as described above, canbe employed while at the same time, providing segmental areas upon whichspecial designs, such as stamp designs, may be placed, the areassupporting'the designs being readily detachable, by forming across thetop of the lacquer body a series of intersecting lines produced by theapplication of suitable solvents. The line areas may be formed byapplying the solvents to metal edges and the metal edges then Dibutylphthalate 15 Monoethyl ether of ethylene glycol 60 To the above, I addnondrying oils of suitable viscosity to form a printing base as requiredto meet the particular mechanical equipment employed. Various vegetableoils, such as castor oil,

may be employed. The above solution has been found satisfactory as asolvent solution when used with a lacquer formed in accordance withtheformula set out in my Patent 1,965,289, which issued July 3, 1934. Itwill be understood that for different types of lacquers, different typesof solvents will be found suitable and such solvents will readily occurto anyone skilled in this art.

In the operation or use of the decalcomania product shown in Figs. 1 and2, the paper base is` moistened together with the gum layer and thelacquer body, which will, of course, be provided with suitable prints ordesigns, is then by means of the weakened lines produced by solvents.Ordinarily, the user will slip oi the small segments near one end of thepaper and then proceed to slip off additional squares or segments asthey are neededjleaving the remainder of the segments intact upon thepaper base.

While I have shown in the foregoing paragraphs a preferred method ormeans for forming weakened line areas in the lacquer body, it will beunderstood that many other methods may be employed.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, I take a sheet of paper havingstarch, if desired, and gum thereon, and then emboss or press thegumequipped paper into the shape shown in Fig. 3, the face of the paperbeing thus provided with a series of pockets or depressions which may beround, rectangular, square, `or of any other desired shape. Next I flowa body of lacquer over broken into separate small bodies lof regularshape the embossed paper to form a top even surface upon which printsmay be placed. It will be observed that the lacquer in one of thepockets forms a substantial body adapted to carry a print while thelacquer extending over the raised wall between the depressions is verythin. Thus the p thin sections of lacquer provide weakened lines alongwhich the lacquer body will break. If desired, the thin areas of lacquermay be narrowed to form a narrow dividing line between the lacquerpockets or blocks.

In the operation or use of the product shown in Fig. 3, when the paperand gum is moistened, the' embossed vcharacter ,of the paper tends todisappear to a substantial extent and the lacquer bodies may be readilyremoved from the base, the lacquer bodies breaking away`from each otheralong the weakened lacquer lines.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have shown another form of decalcomania product inwhieh.the lacquerbodyis weakened along intersectinglines by cuttingthrough the lacquer-body and also partly through the paper at spacedintervals. Sheets of suchdecalcomania paper are illustrated in Fig. 4 asbeing secured together in tablet or book form.

Cutting disks, presses vor other suitable mechanical means may beemployed to cut through the lacquer body to form the intersecting linesillustrated in Fig. 4.

dicated by the numeral i0. Below the cuts i0, I form at spaced intervalsdeeper cuts il which extend through the. gum and starch layers andpartially into the paper-body.

With the construction shown in Fig. 5, the individual squares orrectangles formedA by the lines I may be removed .lpon the weakening ofthe gum layer by moistening.` However, if desired. the user may tear oila portion of the paper itself containing the superposed gum and .lacquerlayers, the cuts Il in the paper base permitting the paper to be tornevenly along the .cut lines Il. vThe small paper strip may .then

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, a large' vsheet is constructed asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the weakened areas delineate afigure in the shape of a horseshoe rather than y intersecting lineswhich formed squares for revenue stamps and otherl designs. Thehorseshoe construction shown in Fig.- 6 is illustrative of other designswhich may be formed by the weakened areas. When the transfer isseparated from the base, it may be attached as a body to a surface andthen the portion of the transfer about These intersecting lines' whichextend through the lacquer body are inand inside the horseshoe may bepeeled away to leave only the horseshoe attached to the surface. Inother words, the uselof weakened lines permits any type of tlgure to beattached to a surface and portions of the body then removed to leave theiigure in sharp outline on the surface.

While I have described a specific form of paper and lacquer combination,it will be understood thatv any suitable base and any suitableprintcarrying body secured to saidbase by a releasable bond may beemployed.

The foregoing detailed description has been.,y

given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessarylimitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claimsshould be construed as broadly as permissible, in view oi! the priorart.

I claim: V

1. Decalcomania paper comprising: a pape base, a: water-soluble.adhesive thereon, a lacquer ybody over said adhesive, a solvent forsaid lacquer body contacting certain spaced areas of said body to formweakened areas therein.

2. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a water-solubleadhesive' thereon, a lacquer layer over said adhesive, and a solvent andplasticizer contacting said body along certain areas to form separableareas of predetermined shape.

3; Decalcomania paper comprising: a. paper base, a. water-solubleadhesive thereon, a lacquer bcdy over said adhesive, and solvents forsaid lacquer printed upon the lacquer body to form "weakened linestherein.

4. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a gum layer thereon, acontinuous lacquer body on said gum layer, said lacquer body havingweakened areas extending part` Way through the depth of the lacquer bodywhereby upon the freeing of said lacquer body from said paper base, saidlacquer body may be broken into segments of predetermined shape.

5. A decalcomania comprising: a. paper base, a

-gum layer thereon, said base and gum having depressed areas therein, alacquer body extending over said depressed areas, and prints on thesurface of said lacquer over said depressed areas.-

6. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base having depressions formedtherein, gum over said base, and a lacquer body flowedover the body ofsaid gum and providing a level surface adapted to receive imprints, saidlacquer body being relatively thick above said depressions and beingrelatively thin in the areas between said depressions.

7. Decalcomania paper comprising: a paper base, a. water-solubleadhesive thereon, a lacquer body over said adhesive, and a materialcontact- 'ing certain spaced areas of said lacquer body to maintain thelacquer in said areas in soft4 and weakened condition. y

8. Decalcomania paper comprising: a base, a water-soluble adhesive, a,continuous lacquer body extending over said adhesive, said body havingweakened line areas extending part-way therethrough whereby said bodymay be broken into segments of predetermined shape upon the softening ofsaid adhesive layer.

FERDINAND W. HUMPHNER.

